Search underway for 4 Alabama inmates who escaped correctional center
The search continues for four inmates who escaped from a prison in central Alabama on Saturday, authorities said.
The inmates escaped from the Perry County Correctional Institution in Uniontown, Alabama, the Perry County Sheriff’s Office reported.
The sheriff’s office said law enforcement was alerted to the escape around 1 a.m. local time on Saturday. The sheriff’s office identified the men wanted as Marquavation Billingsley, Jaden Christopher Maxwell, Johnny Dave Harris Bush Jr. and identified him as Kevin Gunn.
Details and circumstances of their escape were not immediately disclosed.
Authorities are searching for four inmates who escaped from the Perry County Correctional Institution in Uniontown, Alabama, on May 30, 2026. Clockwise from top left: Jaden Christopher Maxwell, Kevin Gunn, Marquavation Billingsley and Johnny Dave Harris Bush Jr. / Credit: Perry County Sheriff’s Office
Inmates from Dallas County, Alabama, were at the PREPARE center under an agreement with the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department. PREPARATION means Parole and Probation Reentry Education and Employment Program Center.
The sheriff’s office said the inmates were being held on a variety of charges, including murder, first-degree robbery, breaking and entering of vehicles, first-degree escape, first-degree assault and promoting prison contraband.
Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to call 911 and is advised not to approach or arrest them, authorities said.
“The safety of Perry County residents is the top priority,” Perry County Sheriff Roy Fikes said in a press release, adding that deputies and “deputy agencies” are “actively involved in efforts to locate and apprehend the fugitives and an investigation is currently ongoing.”
